Community shows up to clean, beautify

Community Clean Up is growing every year and organizer Moe Pare' found 2006 no different with around 700 people volunteering to clean up and beautify all around Orofino.

Photos: 1. City officials and the Urban Forest Orofino Committee accept a growth award from Mike Bowman (kneeling)of the Idaho Community Foresty Council. The city has been a "Tree City USA" member for six years and Bowman assisted Mary Fritz in doing the first tree inventory. 2. Dave Parker (left) cooks hotdog for Gary Kunkel. 3. Martha Dempsey (left) and her granddaughters Hannah and Paige Dugger clean along the railroad tracks. 4. Elbert Snyder cleans along Main St. 5. Bryton and Kenzie Anderson help beautify Proud Heritage Plaza. 6. This AmericanWest Bank crew cleaned and weeded along Main St. They are from left: Cindy Freeman, Angie Snyder, Faye Perry, Susie Harris, Hope Coleman and Dave Coleman. 7. Bishop Jay Kessinger (left) explains to Jeff Jones of KLER what members of the Orofino Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and neighbors are doing cleaning around some rental properties off Brown St.8. Rakes are an important tool in cleaning up yards. Shown from left are: Shawn Anderson, Susan Garland, Richard Anderson and James and George Bolling. 9. Evelyn Ploharz (left) and Joseph Anderson (center) hold the bag while Teri Ploharz-Bolling puts in some debris.